Our Easy Reader items are changing! We are offering a wider variety, different levels, and different programs. Our Easy Reader category pulls together books designed to help children learn the steps to becoming established readers who can read on their own and comprehend the story. Easy Reader books usually start with a larger print size [...]

We are seeing signs of Spring here in the Pacific Northwest. The Schneeglöcken are blooming in the garden, and the tips of the tulips and daffodils are starting to emerge. The kids are still excited about skiing every weekend, but I’ve got my eyes on Spring.

We’ve added “Leseproben” to more of the books we offer. One of our publishers has made it really easy to add the link (Thanks, Loewe)! Wherever you see the button to the left, you can click for a preview. We hope this feature helps you find the right book for your child!

The tiptoi® digital-audio learning system from Ravensburger is one interesting find from our recent visit abroad. We’ve had a number of requests for interactive books, so we took a closer look. After several days of play we’re still very happy with the tiptoi® system, so we’re bringing it to Alphabet Garten. We will be stocking [...]

Are you looking for a fun way to include some structured German in your summer activities?

Do you want to use the summer to help your kids improve their German vocabulary and comprehension? Then why not book a Trip to Germany? No, not a real trip; this is a trip you take from the comfort of [...]

It had to be fun, coming out of a tin can!
Colorful, easy to hold and many of them is a preschooler’s definition of fun cards. Housed in a tin box, there are about half a dozen different ‘types’ of the 50 cards to correspond to various degrees of [...]